Books - "history"
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360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story
Lg quarto, illu sheavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 336pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate soiling & damp wrinkling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2012
KEYWORDS: Columbia Records music history record labels companies 360 industry
Sea Gypsy
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions history nautical maritime sailing exploration Peter Tangvald adventure autobiography memoir
New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 774pp, folding maps, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing & surface loss/fraying to extrems, moderate water damage/staining to spine & boards- internal & external, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand official history military ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii engineers Middle East campaigns Greece Crete
Christmas at Sea
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus title page, 105pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking/closed tearing to spine & edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P. Bishop Museum 1974
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical literature Christmas stories
Transactions / Maori Mythology
SIGNED BY JOHANNES ANDERSEN, AND HE HAS ADDED A HANDWRITTEN LIST OF CONTENTS, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 112pp + addendum to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & discolouration spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various university ink stamps throughout with light tanning & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand mythology history Maori culture transactions signed Johannes Andersen
Flying Sulkies: A History of the New Zealand Trotting Cup 1904-1980
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Moa Publications 1981
KEYWORDS: sport horseracing trotting annuals New Zealand cup horses equine harness racing history
The Story of BSA Motor Cycles
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens Ltd 1978
KEYWORDS: motorsport motor cycling racing motorbikes BSA history sport design evolution engineering engines
The Big Show
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1951
KEYWORDS: French fighter pilots raf royal air force military history aviation anecdotes Pierre Clostermann
God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights
Super octavo softcover (VG) some pencil underlining & annotation; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: US America American civil rights history
A Broken World: Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2014
KEYWORDS: military history the great war ww1 first 1st world war 1 one i letters correspondence diaries journals anecdotes soldiers
A History of Western Education (Second Edition)
LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1960
KEYWORDS: philosophy history education
A Short History of Educational Ideas
THIRD EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University Tutorial Press 1961
KEYWORDS: history education philosophy antiquity
A Bibliography of New Zealand Education
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Council for Educational Research / Whitcombe and Tombs 1964
KEYWORDS: New Zealand bibliography bibliographies education youth children history
The Story of the Otago Free Church Settlement 1848 to 1948
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago religious history free church settlememnt settlers pioneers Christianity
The New Zealand Trotting Register 1944-1945
Duodecimo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: A. B. D. Clark (Printer) 1945
KEYWORDS: New Zealand trotting harness racing horse horses past seasons reports history sport
SAS The Jungle Frontier: 22 Special Air Service Regiment in the Borneo Campaign, 1963-1966
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: BCA / Arms and Armour Press 1983
KEYWORDS: 22 special air service sas Borneo campaign jungle warfare combat history military
Not as Strangers
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Governor-General Bernard & Lady Fergusson politics leaders biographies memoir
Report of the Education Board of the District of Otago for the Year Ending December 31st, 1938, with Appendices
Quarto stapled light card covers (VG-) heavy vertical fold/crease to length of pamphlet; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie (Printers) 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education board schools schooling reports Otago history
Mobilising the Masses
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: ANU / Australian National University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand conservative movement history great depression radical right politics
A Proper Person to be Detained: The Story of a Murder and its Aftermath
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Contraband 2019
KEYWORDS: England English true crime murder homicide history historical Catherine Czerkawska